Crossing The Street

The articles that we were instructed to read prior to doing this assignment were incredibly helpful. I learned a lot about how sentence types (affirmative, perspective, directive, descriptive, etc.) effect the message you are trying to deliver. The most important message I gained from the More article was that "Social stories can meet the diverse needs of learners by combining visual cues with verbal cues (Barry & Burlew, 2004)" This quote really directs all attention to not only what the child is seeing, but what they are hearing as well. Having these two reinforcers can really strengthen the message the teacher is trying to deliver to the students.

At the beginning of this project, I was shaking in my boots. Since I have a Macbook and everyone I know does too, I knew things were going to be difficult as far as getting this project done through Photo Story. Somehow however, I managed to navigate my way through iMovie on my Mac, and successfully create my own version of a photo story with a voiceover and text! I successfully uploaded it to YouTube as well (which was an adventure in itself), but here is is: Crossing The Street

I'm incredibly excited about this project, and I'm really proud of it. I enjoyed exploring my way through iMovie, I personally could see myself using it again for other presentations in the future. I'm happy that I'm starting to feel confident in this course as far as the technology aspect goes. In the beginning, I was very nervous because I'm not very tech savvy.. but I've learned throughout the semester that trial and error can get you a long way if you put enough time and effort in!